Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)

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New York City Subway station Bedford Park Boulevard
Station information
Line	IRT Jerome Avenue Line
Services	4
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Other
Borough	Bronx
Opened	April 15, 1918
Next north	Mosholu Parkway 4
Next south	Kingsbridge Road 4

Bedford Park Boulevard or Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College (formerly Bedford Park Boulevard–200th Street) is an elevated station on the IRT Jerome Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Bedford Park Boulevard and Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 4 train at all times.

The station building is at street level with tracks above the building due to street layout. Until the 2006 renovation on the downtown platform several small old 200 signs could be seen behind a chainlink fence toward the front of the platform. These signs have been removed.

The Concourse-Jerome Yard complex is located on the west of the station with track connections at the north end. The station has a brick mezzanine and stairway walls with "BPB" and restroom mosaics in the station house. A storeroom is located on the landing of the stairs to the platforms. Walking to the east connects to the New York Botanical Garden and a Metro-North Railroad station of the same name, and to the west one can walk around the yard complex (at street level), Lehman College and the Bronx High School of Science. The Concourse Yard serves as one of the few interconnections between the IRT and the BMT/IND divisions.

This station was renovated in the Summer and early Fall of 2006. During this time, the street level mezzanine area and platforms were renovated and yellow tactile edge warning strips were installed. The IRT directional tablets inside fare control have been preserved.